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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 5
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Extension of Virtual Test Bed Advanced Modeling and Simulation Capabilities for Fusion Energy
3:15–3:22PM MDT
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Emily R. Shemon (Argonne National Laboratory), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
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Fusion Material Research at Idaho National Laboratory
3:22–3:29PM MDT
Hanns Gietl (INL), Thomas Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), L. S. Loftus (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Grace Burke (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
Fusion Breeder Blanket Tritium Extraction Systems
3:29–3:36PM MDT
Chase N. Taylor (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), L. S. Loftus (INL)
Modeling a Hypothetical Fusion Blanket Design Using MELCOR-TMAP
3:36–3:43PM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Matthew Eklund (INL)
Forced Convection Loops for Fusion Energy Breeder Blanket Research at Idaho National Laboratory
3:43–3:50PM MDT
Thomas Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), L. S. Loftus (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
Systems Level Fuel Cycle Modeling in TMAP8
3:50–3:57PM MDT
Adriaan A. Riet (INL)
Tokamak Energy: Showcasing the High Temperature Superconducting Spherical Tokamak Path to Fusion Energy and our Supporting R&D Activities
3:57–4:04PM MDT
Jack O. Astbury (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Aaron Washington (Tokamak Energy Inc.), Jim Pickles (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Samara Levine (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Mohamad Abdallah (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Emre Yildirim (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Michele Romanelli (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Sandeep Irukuvarghula (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Gurdeep Kamal (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Michael Ginsberg (Tokamak Energy Inc.)
Advanced Dosimeter Strategies for Reactor and Fusion Neutron Energies
4:04–4:11PM MDT
Thomas V. Holschuh (INL), Teancum Quist (INL), David L. Chichester (INL)
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